
best hard drive?
#1
Posted 25 June 2010 - 10:52 PM

#2
Posted 26 June 2010 - 12:42 AM

I do not know a great deal about your laptop, whether it has sata drive or IDI.
Her is a link to Dell, your model http://support.dell....LAT_PNT_PM_D400
Bookmark the page for future ref. On this page is a link for system configuration. I think you can find the drive you want, then do a search for a better price.
What about an OS? Did the machine come with it pr-installed? or do you have installation CD?
Edited by iammykyl, 26 June 2010 - 12:49 AM.
#3
Posted 26 June 2010 - 02:27 AM

Hi and welcome to Geeks to Go!

It always helps to do a little digging. Here is a spec sheet for the Dell Latitude D400:
http://www.itema-pg.com/Promo/2008/DELL%20Noteboook%2022-7/d400_spec.pdf
It looks like you're best off using a smaller 40 GB or 60 GB IDE drive.
Hope that helps! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to assist you.

iammykyl-
It would help to use correct grammar and spelling when giving advice. Also, there is no such thing as an IDI drive. Make sure you double-check your research and spelling; we don't want to give bad advice.

#4
Posted 26 June 2010 - 05:33 AM

If you get us the tag we can find out exactly how it was configured when it was new.
A couple things. The spec sheet that FNP referenced was recommending windows 2000, XP home SP1, or XP pro SP1.
Based on that I would say that it might not accept Vista or Windows 7.
Double Date Rate (DDR) SDRAM at 266MHz (PC2100); Standard - 128MB (shared)4; Maximum - 2.0GB (shared)4;
Memory module capacities - 128, 256, 512MB, and 1GB
The hard disk specs are "30GB EIDE/ATA-100; 40GB EIDE/ATA-100; 60GB EIDE/ATA-100".
123runner
#5
Posted 26 June 2010 - 07:25 AM

You will also need to buy an operating system and I agree with 123Runner that Windows 7 may not support that older hardware. Alternatively, you can install Linux for free, if you choose.
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